Police say officers tried to stop an SUV at 6:28 pm Saturday near the intersection of South Union and Chaffee Road. The vehicle was being stopped following a complaint that it was being driven without the owner's consent. Police say the SUV driver fled from the two officers in a squad car. Following a short chase, the SUV lost control and spun around facing the officer's vehicle. The officers got out of their car and gave the SUV occupants verbal commands. The SUV driver accelerated toward the officers, striking the police car both in the driver's side and passenger's side.

As the SUV drove toward the passenger side of the police car, officer Bryan O'Donnell fired one shot at the SUV as it nearly struck officer Zach McCarthy, who jumped out of the SUV's path.

The SUV stopped after the one shot and its three occupants were taken into custody. None of them had been hit by the police round. Police charged the driver, 16-year-old Jesse Graham, with two counts of assault on a police officer with intent to inflict serious injury, two counts of assault on a police officer with a dangerous weapon, and one count of marijuana possession. Graham was booked into the Polk County jail. He is being charged as an adult.

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